The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate and promote at all times, all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world”. IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.
IFRC, together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), form the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The headquarters is organized into three main divisions: (i) National Society Development and Coordination, (ii) Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalisation, and (iii) People and Strategy. IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.
IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
The Global Reporting Centre, based in New Delhi, is part of the Geneva-based Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization department. The core work of the centre is to produce external-facing versions of the IFRC network country plans and reports. The centre transforms internal country-level submissions, accessible only within the IFRC network, into coherent, professional and visually engaging external versions that showcase the scope and impact of IFRC network action in about 130 countries, with the host National Society in the lead.
This position is located in New Delhi, India
The Reporting Officer is responsible for producing external versions of country plans and reports, from draft to finalization and publication. The officer will be guided and supervised by senior colleagues.
Synthesise information from internal unified plans and reports to produce external versions
- Extract and reshape information from internal unified country plans and reports for the drafting of the external documents
- Ensure coherence of the descriptive content with the templates for external plans and reports
- Capture in writing, the National Societies profiles, including their auxiliary and historical roles, strategic priorities, main areas of work, and recent scope and scale of action
- Verify alignment of action described with the IFRC results-matrix
Strengthen content of the external versions with available sources
- Ensure consistent, clear and strong descriptions of the National Societies profiles, including by looking into their Strategic Plans, annual reports and websites
- Carry out additional research on the overall context (geographical, political, socio-demographic, economic dimensions) and thematic priorities (climate and environment, disasters and crises, health and wellbeing, migration and displacement, values power and inclusion) where necessary to improve the different sections
- Check all sources, insert hyperlinks and update data from trusted secondary sources
- Check primary sources of data comprising IFRC network data, assessments, reports and other analyses, and use as appropriate to strengthen the external documents, including to describe the National Society coordination with public authorities
- Use information from past and ongoing IFRC Emergency Appeals and DREF to provide concrete information on humanitarian trends and needs, recurring disasters and National Society actions
- Ensure clear descriptions of the contributions of the IFRC and the membership, under each strategic priority and enabling function, as well as under the membership coordination section
- Check sensitivities including any parts of the context analysis and actions of the National Society, and keep track of such sensitivities over time
Contributions to other external documents
- Extract examples on thematic progress from internal unified country annual reports for use in the external global IFRC Annual Report
- Extract examples on thematic priorities from internal unified country plans for use in the IFRC Global Plan
- Prepare country summaries based on internal unified country annual reports for use in the global-level IFRC
Annual Report
- Prepare country summaries based on internal unified country plans in the IFRC Global Plan
- Be open to taking on new work
Teamwork
- Work as part of the Global Reporting Centre team, provide cover and back-up support as needed, for example in times of high workload and when colleagues are on mission / annual leave
- Be open to deployments in times of disasters to support PMER work
- University degree in international relations, journalism, professional writing and
editing, English literature, or a related field
- Professional training or relevant experience in planning and reporting
- 4 years of experience working in area of expertise
- Solid experience in producing high-quality reports supported with graphic and
statistical summaries
- Experience of working for the Red Cross / Red Crescent or other humanitarian
organizations
- Superior writing and editing skills
- Excellent relationship-building skills; ability to build and strengthen internal networks
- Able to work independently and as part of the team
- Exceptional organizational ability with an eye for detail
- Ability to work well in a multicultural team and in a changing environment
- Good research and analytical skills
- Advanced Computer skills: Windows, Word Processing, PowerPoint, Excel (Spreadsheet
and database application) and ability to use video conferencing application i.e.,
Microsoft Teams, Zoom etc
- A broad understanding of global humanitarian issues, disaster recovery and related
areas
- Ability to prioritize, work well under pressure and meet deadlines. Able to achieve
results through collaboration/teamwork
- Excellent command of written English and fluent spoken English
- Preferably good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish, Arabic)
- Core competencies: Communication, Collaboration and teamwork, Judgement and
decision-making, National Society and customer relations, Creativity and innovation,
Building trust
- Functional competencies: Strategic orientation, Building alliances, Leadership,
Empowering others
- Values: Respect for diversity, Integrity, Professionalism, Accountability
